www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Jim Yong Kimhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jim-yong-kim/?utm_medium=RSS2017-01-25T16:17:25-05:00Damon, Affleck hope 'Bending the Arc' inspires millennials2017-01-25T16:17:25-05:00LINDSEY BAHRhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/25/damon-affleck-hope-bending-the-arc-inspires-millen/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - The story of the global nonprofit Partners in Health is the story of a few young idealists who couldn't have started any smaller - trying to delivery primary health care in rural Haiti 30 years ago. With no structures, little money, undaunted spirits and a ...Jim Yong Kim ignores Obama; World Bank boss welcomes new Chinese bank2015-04-07T10:27:09-04:00David R. Sandshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/7/jim-yong-kim-ignores-obama-world-bank-boss-welcome/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Count the American head of the World Bank as one more major player ignoring Obama administration concerns to say he welcomes the creation of a major new China-sponsored development bank to fund infrastructure projects across Asia.</p> <p>World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told a Washington forum Tuesday morning that he ...World Bank president backs Chinese global lending counterpart2014-10-26T19:33:08-04:00Guy Taylorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/26/world-bank-president-backs-chinese-counterpart/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Obama administration-appointed president of the World Bank says he feels in no way threatened by &mdash; and instead fully supports &mdash; China's creation of a massive infrastructure investment bank, despite the administration's tireless behind-the-scenes attempts to smear the project.</p> <p>Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American who has headed the World ...World Bank chief Kim acknowledges staff dissent over changes2014-10-24T14:43:23-04:00Guy Taylorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/24/world-bank-chief-kim-acknowledges-staff-dissent-ov/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The World Bank's president acknowledged for the first time publicly on Friday internal clashes at the international lending institution, where hundreds of rank-and-file economists and staffers have walked off the job in recent weeks to protest what they say is management secrecy over budget cuts and a massive structural reorganization.</p> ...World Bank employees protest hefty bonuses amid cost-cutting, layoffs2014-10-07T21:39:10-04:00Guy Taylorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/7/world-bank-employees-protest-hefty-bonuses-amid-co/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The World Bank has been the go-to financier for developing nations for decades. But now its own employees are staging a rich-nation protest reminiscent of Occupy Wall Street, voicing outrage that top managers got hefty bonuses while pushing an aggressive cost-cutting agenda expected to include salary reductions and layoffs for ...EDITORIAL: Rearranging the World Bank2013-10-13T20:01:07-04:00THE WASHINGTON TIMEShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/13/editorial-rearranging-the-world-bank/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The World Bank concluded its annual meeting Saturday with the organization's president, Jim Yong Kim, vowing to turn the organization into a "solutions bank." We agree that change is needed, but we have a better solution. Dissolve the World Bank.</p> <p>This international relic no longer has a relevant role. It ...World Bank sees severe repercussions in shutdown2013-10-01T22:27:07-04:00Nathan Porter http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/1/world-bank-sees-severe-repercussions-in-shutdown/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Wading into the funding clashes consuming Washington, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim bluntly warned Tuesday that America's financial woes could have grave consequences for some of the world's poorest economies.</p> <p>"When we look across the world today and think about the most pressing issues, the ongoing fiscal uncertainty in ...EDITORIAL: A better World Bank pick2012-04-04T19:02:05-04:00THE WASHINGTON TIMEShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/4/a-better-world-bank-pick/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The World Bank will be interviewing candidates for its next president in a process meant to be open, transparent and merit-based. President Obama's nominee, Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, has the inside track, though developing-country aspirants, such as Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are better qualified. There are also many ...Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank2012-03-23T09:18:00-04:00Julie Pacehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/23/ap-sources-obama-taps-jim-yong-kim-world-bank/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism in the developing world of the U.S. stranglehold on the international organization's top post.</p> <p>Obama said Kim, a ...Ivy League to limit full-contact football workouts2011-07-20T18:08:58-04:00TOM CANAVANhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/20/ivy-league-to-limit-full-contact-football-workouts/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - In an effort to reduce the number of concussions and subconcussive hits, Ivy League football teams will be allowed to have just two full-contact practices a week, three less than the NCAA allows.</p><p>The league announced Wednesday that the presidents of its eight schools have accepted a ...